Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Apr 23 20:45:12 2008 [17:58:43] [The group has met up at Mari's apartment behind her shop, to open their packages and discuss methods for walking about the Cogs without causing trouble with Daask. Loharath is absent from all the talky-talk-think-thinking.] [17:58:49] [Session Start] [17:59:32] "So ya mon, we be goin down dere, we need some kinda way metink to fin dem starry chest mans." [18:01:53] Right. [18:02:05] Knowing our luck, my well-spoken friend, they will more than likely find us. Needless to say, either way's not gonna be pretty. [18:02:10] We need to get there undetected, find an entrance, get through that entrance, and find a way back [18:04:43] Does anyone have any ideas on either of those points? [18:05:24] * Marianysa folds her arms. "I guess we can start by figuring out how they're getting in and out. Don't know if it'll be something we can use or if we'd want to, but it's a start." [18:05:41] You mean follow them? [18:08:04] Well...I guess, but...well, stealth hasn't been one of our strong points so far. [18:08:21] Yeah... or subtlety. [18:08:23] "I look into makin us dissapeah." [18:10:43] How? [18:11:19] Well, if you can make us invisible, quiet and not smell, that would be great, but I don't think you're *that* good. Are you? [18:11:25] * Phanos scratches his head. "Let me tink on dat. I aint no sorcerah." [18:12:44] "I give us skin of de spidah, make us no smell, hide bettah, hmm.." [18:12:55] Skin of the spider? [18:13:05] "Ya girl." [18:13:28] That sounds kinda disgusting. Gotta try it sometime. [18:13:39] Invisibility potions? That'd cover one thing at least. [18:15:08] They don't last too terribly long, is the issue. [18:15:58] "Well, de skin, it help dey find us too." [18:16:24] About how long? [18:16:41] "How long wat?" [18:17:13] Could use a wand, then. But you've got a point. [18:17:58] It's less about just trying to weasel one's way in, and more about finding out the gaps. [18:18:21] Or, hell, any weaknesses in their tight little defenses to exploit. You'd be surprised what you can find if you look and listen carefully. [18:18:28] Or Scry... [18:19:10] Hey, yeah, that helped last time. [18:21:03] Do we have anything? [18:21:31] Not much, so you know whatcha gotta do, right? Footwork. Things don't happen on their own. [18:21:45] I meant as a scrying focus. [18:22:04] "No mon." [18:26:09] "Maybe someone not Daask kow de way in. Dat case, we jus ask aroun'." [18:26:28] "Go to de bah, de poob." [18:26:42] "Get some drinks, aska some askies." [18:26:43] True, but that means finding them, making them want to show us how---oh, hey. Now you're talking my language. [18:31:40] * Mauz rubs his chin. "Hafta admit, this is kind of interesting. Almost feels like I'm trying to do something really illegal." [18:31:53] Well... it might be expensive, but those wands of invisibility might be worth looking into. [18:34:05] "We ain't no shadows, girl. An't our ting." [18:35:13] Even still, punks usually go by sight first. [18:38:10] "so we smash dem punks." [18:39:32] Hm. I may have something useful for gathering information, but it's very unsubtle. [18:39:35] Which might be a problem if we get too much attention doing that. And I don't think a trail of brains on the wall is going to make us too many friends. If it has to happen, it only happens because we have to, not because they look stupid. [18:39:41] ... hm? [18:39:52] * Mauz gives Aurora a look. "Speak on up.' [18:41:15] * Marianysa nods at Mauz. "We've already made too many enemies as it is, better not make any we don't need to." [18:42:15] The Silver Flame can temporarily enthrall a whole group of people to listen to me talk. They'll listen, and they'll talk about the subject and discuss it amongst themselves. I could have a whole tavern's worth of people. [18:43:13] ... that sounds rather exploitable. [18:43:13] "dat sounds good, mon, if ya got dem resources." [18:43:37] * Mauz gets that grin on his face. Y'know, the grin he gets when he sees a busty tavern wench of decent comeliness. [18:44:16] If all goes well, I can keep it up for an hour. [18:45:04] Great! That'll hopefully get us info, and without hurting anyone! [18:47:02] Right. But, like I said, there will be a whole tavern full of witnesses and participants who are all predisposed to be chatty about it. [18:47:21] If we get information, we need to act on it quickly or there'll be someone waiting for us there [18:49:14] If we don't, they're going to know real fast. [18:49:38] "Gots to find us a daask bah." [18:50:59] Right. [18:51:30] Lemme guess. My job? [18:52:20] * Marianysa grins. "Would you want it any other way?" [18:55:38] Hm... [18:56:06] If we had some way of disguising ourselves, this might be safer, too [18:56:44] I do stand out, true. I can be pre-tty damn persuasive when I want to be, though. [18:56:44] * Phanos looks to Aurora. "How am I gon make-a meself look ANY diffrent, girl? Put flowas on my dogs? Paint me face white?" [18:57:27] There's some spell that does it. [18:58:45] There probably is one, anyway. [18:59:22] "Look, does me carry aroun' a book?" [18:59:37] Yeah, there is. [18:59:50] I didn't mean you could cast it. I just meant maybe we could buy it. [18:59:57] Oh, what spell is that? [19:00:02] "Does I have a lil weak cat follerin' me?" [19:00:05] Or weasel our way into it. And it's likely... hum. [19:02:04] Disguise self. But it's got it's limits, we can't just make ourselves look like ogres or something. [19:02:19] Well, perhaps like something that at least fits in [19:03:20] "Trulls." [19:03:28] "Or hoobats." [19:03:54] Self? Does that work on other people? [19:04:32] I could make an item to do it, so yeah. [19:05:03] * Mauz whistles. "Sounds like a plan." [19:05:10] * Aurora nods. [19:05:18] How long does it last? [19:07:05] As long as you keep reactivating it. [19:10:19] What's a disguise that you think might not be too suspicious for me, asking around about weird cultists? [19:14:02] "Why not we jus dig tru de rubble an go de ole way back in?" [19:14:18] How do we dig through it? [19:14:30] "I gots juju fo dat, girl." [19:14:52] Oh? [19:14:52] Really, now. [19:14:59] * Mauz leans forward. "I'm listening." [19:16:37] "Well yeah mon, I touch yas, yo hands dey glow yeller, den turn moley, an you get to dig." [19:17:33] Well, hell. I could work with that. How long would it work? [19:17:58] Fo like, seex minoots." [19:18:23] * Aurora nods. [19:18:32] "Mari, you cant make-a no scrolls of it?" [19:19:16] I don't see why not. [19:19:22] "It let you move like you normal do, jus thru rock an such." [19:19:50] That sounds really convenient. Any major limitations? [19:20:00] "Cant go tru solid rock." [19:20:44] "Loose rock fine though." [19:21:23] "you want I jus ask vulchah to gives me de moley hands juju fo de day, put em on yous all, an we get in?" [19:24:00] Couldn't hrut to try. [19:24:04] [Hurt.[ [19:26:01] Well, it'd be cheaper. [19:26:16] yeah. [19:26:21] Could you cast it again so we can get out? [19:26:44] * Phanos nods. "As long as you lets me rest up ifn I needs ta." [19:31:21] Sounds good. [19:31:26] Any other ideas? [19:31:35] None from my end. These sound solid. [19:32:00] "I be savin us some moneys and favas, ya? We just dig in ourselves." [19:32:45] Yeah [19:33:51] We need to get there, though [19:34:25] "Can't we jes fly down?" [19:35:51] Undetected [19:35:58] And out [19:36:31] "Make-a some inviso wand or someting." [19:36:32] Either under the cover of something, or we find an alternate way there that'd attract less attention. [19:39:18] * Aurora nods [19:40:15] "Inviso wand." [19:40:18] * Phanos looks to Mari. [19:41:53] * Marianysa nods. "It'll take five days...plus, money that I don't have." [19:42:58] How much? [19:43:45] "I gota a hunnerd gold." [19:44:22] * Mauz takes a moment. "... about forty, and I need *some* carousing coin." [19:44:33] * Marianysa sighs. "1687." [19:44:46] Almost 700 here [19:45:55] "Guess mebbe I shouldnna bout dem magic seeds from dat man." [19:46:23] Magic seeds? [19:47:56] "He SAY dey grow into a magic beanstalk, let me go talk to dem giants." [19:48:12] "Dey not worked." [19:49:51] Man, it's really hard to tell if you're joking or not sometimes. [19:50:05] "Huh?" [19:50:14] "No mon, dey really not worked." [19:50:29] * Charles is now known as Loharath [19:50:36] "Me gave im plenty hunnerd gold fer em too!" [19:50:45] "I fed de rest to me dogs." [19:51:13] * Marianysa just blinks a few times. [19:51:53] * Mauz chuckles. "Sounds like you gotcherself hoodwinked." [19:52:26] "Not really. Me dogs liked dem." [19:52:45] * Loharath pushes open the door. "Stupid K and his stupid not being around for me to give a talking-to." [19:53:18] "Hey mon! We gonna get moley hands and dig tru tunnels togeddah!" [19:53:39] Oh, hi [19:53:46] * Loharath looks up, his sulky expression dissolving. "Awesome! When?" [19:54:01] Hey Loharath! [19:54:18] "Whenevah yo girlfrien makes us an inviso-wand!" [19:55:26] * Loharath walks over to Mari and puts an arm around her shoulder. "That seems like a noble cause. How much is it?" [19:56:30] * Marianysa blushes a little, then sighs. "More than we've got, unfortunately. Unless you've got 900 galifars kicking around." [19:58:36] Will ninety dragons work? I had to trade up, on account of all the galifars weighing down my pants. [19:59:49] * Mauz whistles. "I need to hang out with you more often!" [20:00:16] "I need to rob you while you sleepin!" [20:00:39] Justice never sleeps. [20:00:49] * Marianysa blinks. "Wow, yeah, that'd do just fine." [20:01:57] * Loharath reaches inside of the side of the band of his pants and pulls out a humongously-bulging coin pouch, then begins counting out the coins, keeping track on his digits. [20:02:20] "Ya, but you do." [20:03:40] Not any more, my friend. [20:04:03] * Aurora stares at the money [20:04:16] "She been keepin you up late eh?" he grins, nudging Loh with an elbow. [20:05:20] * Mauz whistles again. "That'd get me a sea of girls, easy. Hell, I could buy my own harem!" [20:05:53] "De bloody man cult got some good-lookas in it." [20:06:01] * Loharath grins, oblivious. "Sweet maiden justice will keep any man rigid all night long." [20:06:24] "So dats wat you go callin' Mari?" [20:06:54] What. [20:07:14] * Marianysa has turned completely red and is staring at the floor. [20:07:28] "You done be callin her de sweet maiden justice, ya? You gon' let us call her dat too?" [20:08:16] W-wait. When? [20:08:20] * Mauz cackles loudly, shaking his head. [20:09:14] "Anyway, burny snake cult got a bunch of old ladies in follerin! An Aurora too." [20:10:20] ... wait, waht? [20:10:40] "I just sayin, you not an old lady." [20:10:48] "Mo like, youngah sista?" [20:14:02] * Aurora is just foncused. D: [20:14:20] "You kids." [20:15:00] She's cute. [20:15:17] So... Mari... How about we get that wand started because I stopped understanding what's happening about two minutes ago. [20:15:40] "She done seen you in ways nuhbuddy else can. Cept dose ov us dat done seen you dat way too, all cut up on de table." [20:15:48] * Marianysa sighs and nods. "Sure." [20:15:57] "Good ting she stitch you bach togeddah, mon." [20:16:14] Ugh, fuck. Don't REMIND me of that! [20:16:23] * Mauz shudders. "I still have nightmares about that." [20:17:10] "It okay, if you not have made it I'da made you a plantbo!" [20:18:38] "Maybe plant some orchids in ya ribcage, mon, make it a leedle gahden. Grew some tomates in case me get hongry." [20:19:01] "Youda made a good plantbo." he nods. [20:19:11] I don't think Mauz would like to become a... plantbo. Neither would I. I'd like to make this clear right now. [20:19:25] You know, just in case I end up joining the Flame a lot earlier than expected. [20:19:48] That's a comforting thought. [20:19:51] * Marianysa is starting to look a little naseous. "Yeah, I think I'd rather pass on that myself." [20:20:01] "I couldnt find Sev. I talk im into it one day too when I sneak de herb in hees drink." [20:20:13] ... eh, if I'm dead, I'm dead. Do with my body as you wish... except for my cod. [20:20:27] * Mauz scowls. "You don't mess with the cod. Everything else is negotiable. Anyway." [20:20:47] "I can keeps it in a jah." [20:22:00] "Put it right by me cash drawah, scare de teeves away!" [20:23:36] "Annie-weigh, I ask de vulchah fo moley hands, it give it to us [20:24:33] "Loh stop keepin Mari up at night wif de sexy-time so she can makes us de inviso-stick." [20:25:05] (That, incidentally, is what Poomon is for) [20:25:23] "Or you go gets poomon do it." [20:25:29] ( Loh is into strange things ) [20:25:41] ( heheheh) [20:25:48] (hahahahahahaha) [20:27:02] "Dat way you get som sexy time wif Poomon, if it let ya, an Mari can stays up as late as she wants workin on de oddah stick." [20:28:45] * Loharath frowns, leaning against the wall. "I don't follow." [20:29:14] I'm confused, too, but isn't it great? [20:29:32] * Mauz gives Phanos a one-armed manly hug. "I like this guy more and more every day!" [20:32:51] * Marianysa avoids eye contact with anyone. [20:33:01] * Phanos grins. [20:42:44] [The group moves foward with plan A. They have 5 days to think of anything else while Mari's homunculus completes the wand of invisibility.] [20:42:47] [Session End.] End of #Sharn buffer Wed Apr 23 20:45:12 2008